Rwanda

John Rutayisire and Innocent Mugisha: Bringing Facing History to Rwanda

admin — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:52:05 -0600

Rwanda, a country tarnished by the 1994 genocide, placed a moratorium on the teaching of history since 1994 and has grappled with how to face the past to educate the future. John Rutayisire, Director of the National Curriculum Development Centre at the Ministry of Education and Innocent Mugisha, a teacher trainer at the National University of Rwanda, are two educators dedicated to this challenging task.

John Rutayisire Talks About Teaching History in Rwanda

eva — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:38:44 -0500

Karen Murphy Discusses Education in Rwanda

rachel — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:31:48 -0500

Karen Murphy Discusses the Role of the Rescuer

rachel — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:40:57 -0500

Paul Rusesabagina and the Rwandan Genocide

admin — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:39:41 -0600

On September 19th, Facing History and Ourselves and The Allstate Foundation welcomed over 2,000 San Francisco Bay Area community members, students and teachers to the Flint Center in Cupertino to hear and honor Paul Rusesabagina, the Rwandan hotel manager who rescued more than 1,200 refugees from certain death during the Rwandan genocide in 1994.

Rwanda

rachel — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:30:45 -0500

"Facing History represents a major shift in the way that we have been teaching in the past. In the past, in Rwandan schools, teachers talk and students listen, or teachers write on the chalkboard, and students copy notes.